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Boss denies employee a promotion, forces them to do the work anyway: 'I've been dragged in again and again to provide fixes, guidance and steer for the new member of staff'

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Employee gets pushed out of company after being “too honest” about manager on HR survey: ‘The email said all responses would be anonymised ’

Melissa Knudson

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25 Joyful Job Hunting Meme Jewels for The Jobless Comedian in You

Melissa Knudson

A hotel manager tells staff to attribute delays to unexpected demand instead of deliberate understaffing

Hotel staff reports constant understaffing, which is causing high check-in wait times and issues with impatient guests—the manager has a solution: 'My manager pulled me aside and told me to change "understaffed" to "unexpected high guest volume"'

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Job candidate lies on resume and gets the job, is then forced to come clean during extensive background check: ‘I emailed HR and spelled out the discrepancies’

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This employee not only experiences her coworker’s attitude as annoying, but also as a threat to the boundaries of her identity There is a difference between borrowing something from you and claiming a relationship with you that you haven't consented to. If, let’s say, a coworker buys the same top as you, that’d be inoffensive imitation;

[She] said, 'I want to be you'. She corrected herself: "No, I want to be like you”’ Woman rants about a coworker who seems way too interested in her

It’s not that corporate workers are exaggerating; it’s that we have several conflicting ways to measure suffering. Why is sitting in an office sipping your favourite coffee, answering emails, and filling endless Excel sheets while alienated from the product of your work considered the epitome of modern work-related suffering,

‘I honestly don't get why corporate work is often treated as uniquely awful compared to every other form of labor’: Employee reflects on whether we’ve exaggerated how bad corporate jobs are

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Boss puts retail employee on probation because they aren't comfortable shilling credit cards: 'He said I needed to be asking 2-3 times per interaction'

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Employee brings 5-year-old daughter to work, forcing coworker to confront her when daughter keeps disturbing their work: ‘I don't think I should be responsible for entertaining someone else's child’

Melissa Knudson

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$18/hr worker takes on the job of 3 people with zero pay increase: 'I haven't seen a raise in two years, and holiday bonuses were slashed'

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Startup employee resigns after being denied a raise, company falls apart without them: ‘Many bigger clients are upset with service and want to leave’

Melissa Knudson

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Office draws scrutiny over controversial decision to charge employees $8 if they forget their badge at home: 'The fee is meant to “encourage personal responsibility."'

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HR memes for all people looking for a job and all employers trying to find the right employees

Giuliana Tiscioni

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Manager blasts air horn whenever someone says something 'negative' in a meeting: 'I’m not an animal that you’re going to use a bell on'

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Company demands employees come on a weekend to pack and move the entire office instead of hiring movers: ‘No overtime, just pizza afterwards’

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Boss asks employee to sign emails as the person they replaced: 'His explanation was that customers are used to dealing with her'